Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16

Even John Milton in his paradise Los. -
while ne condemns Satsn, gives such :
grand description of him YOU have hard
worE TO suppress your admirSsinn. Oh
MS stralDirg out Of small SINS like gnsrs
and this g1lpipg down great iniquuie,
like CameIs.
This sui let does not give the picture
OF ore or tW persons, bu- is gallery in
WAlcn thousands of people my see Their
hSeneSs. FIR instance, all those people
Rho, while thew would net rob taair
neighoor OF = fsrthing, appropriate the
money and the treasure OF the public.
man has house 20 sell, sud he tells his
customer 1t Is worth $40, 900. n X dsv
The assessor com aruusa the own
says it Isl worth SIS COO. The govern
! ment OF the at, lAtes took OF tho
! 'sx from pers nal income, amOTg other
reasons Cause so few people wLu'd. ZEN
! the truth, SUI many 3 man wi h an in
| come OF hundreds Of dollars s Gs7 made
! s'ste Dents WaiCh seemed 10 imDlq he ,zss
/ SCOUT 10 De hsndrd over ~ The Over-ear
OF the poor. CAr. tui = rsV their pssssee
| from Liverpool 10 Nv Yrs, vet smua-
ling in their SAr. oea trunk ten silk
/ dresses from Paris and 3 half dozen
| watches from Geneva. S8 tz-rI.4f, tel
ing The custom house ,Gi.sr or the
wharf: "rhere is norbiDg Ia inst trunk
but wearirg apparel," and put Ing = s.
/ III piece IN his hand 10 pd1c.uste the
statement
Described in the text are al those who
are particular never TO break the law OF
gfammsr, and who want all their Ism
s0age an elegant speCIm-n OK sYutsx,
| SHainln% cut all the inaccuracies OF
speech Nltl Il Ie sieve of literary CRIT
lcism, While through their conversation
20 sianuer and innuendo, snd profanity
and laIoenGOd larger than whole caravan
Vi canneis' when hey might better irsc-
lure every law Of the language and
sHocK INTELLKCTUAL TASTE,
and better let every verb seek IN vain for
lfs nomin8tive, and eyery noun for ia
government, and every proposition lose
| It's way in the sentence, sd adi-Ctiyps
and participates aud prJnOuBs get into
grand riot worthy OF the Fourth ward on
election day. than to commit 5 moral in
accuracy. Better swallow thousand
gnats thsD one camel.
Such persons are also described In the
text who are very much slammed sbout
the small faults Of others, ard have no
alsrm shout their own CREST trsnsgres-
sions. There are IL every community
ana IN every church watch
dogs who feel called uDOu TO
keep their eyes on others and
gro"l. They are full OF suspicious. THey
wonder IL that man is not dishonest, II
that man Is lot uuciesn, 4 there is not
methlng wrong a0UCt the other
m
~ hear Of anything wrong.
smell CARTON. They are self appointed
detec ives. 1 lsy this dowo s. rule
without al exception, that those Z lple
who have the most faults themst Is aye
most mercilesS in their watching Of 9th
ers. From sCslp CO head 20 sole Of foot
they are Iujl of lealousies and hYpeIUrfti-
cisms. Tney spsn nd their life in hunting
for muskretS and m1dturtles instead OF
hunting for Rocky Mountain eagles, Al
ways for someIning mean instesd CT
something grand They lpoS q; thair
DeighboTs' imperfec;iOls through mcre-
scope, and lock AZ their Own Imperiec-
tiOns through d telescope uJsjde down.
twenty faults OF their own do uOs hurt
them so muCl IS one fSu,t Of somebody
else. Their neighOors' imptri, cti0ns ere
liKe gnats and they strain th-m out.
their own impeIfrC'ions are hSe camels
end they swallow them.
But lest spme mi.ht think they esCsue
the scrutiny f the text l have to tel yUu
tnat we all come under
THE DIVINE SATIRE,
when we make ln,: Questions OF tile
more prominent than the question 1Oi
eternity. Come now, let rs eli 20 into the
confessional. Are not all teIGpted 70
make the question "Where shall live
nON?" greater than the QUESTION @Whrre
snail 1--we fnrevej 2" 'Ho7 she'll I get
more dollar,?" gre alter than the question
GLOW shall / lay up treasures in heaVtI ~
The question How she'll pay nv debts
20 mani" greater than the question
"HOH shall | meet my Obligations 10
Cool" The question "HJw snail I gain
the wOrld?" grearer than the usstion
"Wbat If l lose my soul?" The question
"Why did God LEI sin come into the
wOrlC?" greater than the ores
ton CHOW shall get it txtir-
pated from my nature ~ The question
"Wnat shall [ do with the twenty o.
forty Or st venty y ara OF my subiunar *,
isttLct?" erearer thsD the question,
"Whst shall / d. with he millions OfCyC.es
of my pust-rerre-rria txIsstDce2" Tine
how small it il! EterDity-how vast I.
is, The former more insignificant in
with the latter than = grs, j.
when compared with
camel. We lodged the text. We SAL
"rhat doesn't mesn me, snd that dOesn'-
mean me-" ard with Tuinous be0ev1-
lence we are giving the whole sermgc
swsy.
But let US sll surrender q the chcr-s-
What an ado about this 2s her W..
poor preparation for great =, ruI'y. As
though 8 minnOW were larger than
behemoth, es though = sWalIcw tors
wider circuit than 90 eIbetrcss, as though
3 nettle We're taller than L D-nCE cedar,
ss though gnst we're greater than
camel, Is though miEut- We Logger
than s century, as though time Wis
higher, DEEPER, brnsfer unau eternity. So
the t. 1t which flashed win 4 htninZ oi
wit as Christ uttered it, i folio ed BY re
crashing tn 4ndeFs II swfui cs'.,tTc PIE ~
those who make the que5linIs Il line
greater than the questions Cf ne future,
the oncomIng, Overshsd0wjrg future.
eternity! eternity! eternity
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